Improvement in combined cultivators and harrows



didt itdrr JOHN' MAXTON, OF SEYBRGOK, ILLINOIS.

Lema Parent No. 111,857, dated February 14, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT lN COMBINED CULTIVATORS AND HARROWS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and part of the same.

, To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MAx'roN of Saybrook, in the county of McLean and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Combined Corn-Cultivator and Harrow; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

Vexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

'The nature of my invention consists iu the coustruction and arrangement of a combined corn-cultivator and hai-row,77 as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same7 I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan view, and

Figure 2, a rear view of .my improved corn-cultivator and barrow.

This implement consists ofA two distinct and separate beveled harrows A A, each half consisting of four cross-pieces a a, of wood, gainedinto three other pieces, bl), which rest on top of the first, and held iirmly together by twelve bolts in each section.

The `hinges B .B couple the harrows together in such a. manner as to allow of adjusting the implement when s o connected as to bring the two sect-ions A A together, and also to spread the same at pleasure to any width necessary for the successful cultivation of the growing plants.

l he adjustable hinges I5 B also extend back to the middle of each section, (or thereabout,) they having oblong creases or notches i i cnt therein to receive the chains d (l, by which the implement is pulled.

rlhe rod C connects the hinges together, which may at one end be provided with a nut with a small hand-- stem attached, which can be removedV and altered at pleasure.

The chains fl d, hooked in the notches it on the prolongation of the hinges B B, are, at their front ends, attached to the stretcher or evener D, which has two hooks to receive the ends of said chains, and is also adapted to receive a clevis and double-tree, so as to secure to the implement a center draft.

rIhe handles E E are hinged to the sections A A by hinges e c, by which they can be raised or lowered at pleasure. lhey are kept while at work in their places by thcvtwo hooks ff.

The whole implement can be folded together at pleasure by unhooking the hooks ff from their fastenings, and laying the handles down on the respective frames.

It l1. represent two shovels, fastened to either the second or third lower cross-piece c by nuts, with a small stem attached or otherwise; .these shovels to he inserted in the place of the barrow-teeth k l: which they replace, or 'vice tersa.

'The component parts ofthe above implement to be made of a size and of material suitable to the work which it is designed to do.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

lhe arrangement of the harrow-sections A A, with teeth ltle and shovels h. h, connected together by the rod C and hinges B B, the front hinges having notches Ii yi. to which the chains d d and evener D are secured, and provided with the hinged handles E E, alias shown and described.

- In testimony thatfI claim the foregoingI have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of J uly, 1870.

Witnesses: JOHN MAXTON.

Trios. SLADE, JosIAH DRUMMOND HARBERT. 

